This trumpet belonged to my husband's father, and has now been passed on to my son....being the only musical person in the family (although he doesn't play trumpet - he plays guitar), but anyway, that's the reason why it was passed on to him. My father in law was a brilliant trumpet player back in his day....played at all sorts of places, mostly dances in town halls, and did lots of traveling to different towns. As you can see it is very well worn....which I think just adds to the character of it :) Unfortunately, I never had the pleasure of hearing him play :(
Hopefully it will stay in our family for generations to come and will be a much treasured family heirloom. The case that it's sitting on is the original case from when my FIL bought it - I thought of keeping all the dust on the case, but then changed my mind...lol
I'm not exactly thrilled with my shot (lighting wasn't the best on this wet dreary day), but I took that many that I got to the point where I thought I was being too fussy!! lol !! and told myself to just pick one!!! hahaha So this one is IT. TFL
This photo marks my half way mark of my 1st project....woohooo :))))
I don't agree with you, I think this photograph is wonderful, and your story. Remember, that is vintage dust you have there and it cannot be replaced. Long may it stay in your family.
Lovely old instrument, a great heirloom and very suitable for today when so many people are paying respects to the thousands who perished in the most costly battle of WW1 exactly one hundred years ago. I watched the ceremony on TV in awe and respect and was greatly moved by the bugle calls. OK, not exactly trumpets but similar enough to evoke nostalgia..
How lovely to have in the family & the special history that travels with it. And I agree with @peterday And I think your son one day will learn to play it:)
The capture and the composition is wonderful, I think our problem is when we are holding a carmera we have to keep on clicking lol...